Always swollen legs and swelling. What diseases should be alert to?

Always swollen and swollen legs? Don't care!

There are many reasons for lower limb edema

Different types of swelling and different symptoms

It may indicate different diseases

Heart disease causes heart incompleteness or failure, which can easily cause body circulation disorders, cause systemic edema, and swelling legs. Especially heart failure, at the beginning, the feet are mainly swollen, and the back of the feet will appear obviously dehydrated; if you are serious, you may have calf edema and even thigh edema; There will be feelings.

If the above symptoms are occurred, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination in time to exclude heart disease.

Kidney is an important organ for water excretion of water. Kidney disease causes abnormal urination, electrolyte disorders, metabolic disorders, and can also cause leg swelling.

In addition to the lower limbs, the edema caused by kidney disease is more common to the eyelids and the swelling of the face, especially when I get up in the morning and find that my eyelids are swollen and the facial edema is severe. At this time Edema.

Leg swelling and foot swelling may also be related to the blood vessels of the lower limbs. Varic veins, intravenous valve dysfunction, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis and other lower limb vascular diseases can cause blood circulation disorders and lead to leg swelling.

For example, vein thrombosis and arteriosclerosis of the lower limbs will cause lower limb edema and be accompanied by a lower skin temperature, and even a slight activity will have obvious pain. There must be a timely medical examination for these performances, especially the inspection of the ultrasound of the lower limbs.

Once malnutrition and low protein occur, edema is particularly prone to occur. Middle -aged and elderly people usually do not eat well, and insufficient nutrition, especially in insufficient protein intake. At this time, edema must be careful, which may be edema caused by low protein.

The legs and foot swelling may also be related to gout, especially when the toe of the toe of the toe of the lower limbs is red and swollen, and it worsens at night. It can also cause swelling of the lower limbs like a knife cut.

In addition to gout, metabolic diseases such as hypothyroidism and abnormal adrenal secretions are closely related to the endocrine system, which can also cause abnormal metabolic element in the body, electrolyte disorders, and leading leg swelling.

Doctor's reminder

Do not take your legs, swelling your feet, do n’t take it lightly

Many serious diseases cause lower limb edema

Be sure to go to the hospital for examination in time

If the above disease is excluded

That may also be related to sedentary or too little exercise

This situation, change the lifestyle

Help to relieve

Swelling

(Source: 37 degrees 丨 Yangtze Health Media Materials Source: Life Times, Health Times, People's Daily Health and other diagrams: Ma Jingjing finishing: Fein Mei)

[Edit: Yu Lina]

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